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As part of a team you will focus on water-related problems caused by climate change in an urban area.
This international exchange programme is interesting for students of Architecture and Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering or Spatial Development eager to develop their design talent. You will work as a team (Architect, Civil engineer and Spatial designer) on a design for an urban area in an international context.
By assuming the role of architect, civil engineer, water manager or spatial developer, you will gain the necessary skills to find design solutions for problems in the built environment. You will also gain insight into your field of expertise, while your work will be integrated into a broader context. You will work with lecturers and students in the field of architecture, urbanism, spatial development and civil engineering.
The urgent need to re-think, re-imagine and re-design cities by a worldwide network of architects and other players in the field, is the result of the threat being posed by rising sea and water levels.
The strategy of fighting water is increasingly being replaced by the willingness to embrace it. Architectural, civil and spatial or area designers therefore need to be inventive under such conditions: exploring the problem, for example, can lead to the opening up of a playground and even an unexplored toolbox, e.g. new materials, constructions, spaces, forms or ways of living. Designing for resilience requires living with water and a willingness to see a threat as an opportunity.
The Dutch approach to solving water issues in urban residential and river areas has gained international attention. “Room for the river”, building with nature and the consensus economy are at the heart of this approach.
In this programme, you will experience for yourself what this Dutch approach actually implies for your expertise. Furthermore, you will learn if or how it can be applied to projects abroad, while taking cultural differences and socio-economic issues into account.
As a student, you will choose a specific role, e.g. designer, administrator, manager or user. This role will determine your approach to the project you will be working on. You will form a multidisciplinary team with Architecture and Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering and Spatial Development students.
This programme is part of the following bachelor’s degree programmes of the School of the Sustainable Built Environment:
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An international design and research project forms the core of this exchange programme.
You will take part in workshops covering subjects that are important for the execution of the project. These include:
These workshops are organised in partnership with businesses and Avans research groups.
International multidisciplinary cooperation is what we need to make our cities future proof. The ambition of this minor is imagining radical solutions and coming up with daring designs for a delimited area in a European City. Making booming cities resilient, needs real courage. Only great vision and creativity can lead to innovations that are able to make such cities future proof. Students have to come up with solutions and new ideas for dealing with excesses or shortages of water and water pollution while (re)designing for resilience. The project work involves a concrete design at different scales and levels: from urban design to an architectural object. The challenge is to use ‘Water as Leverage’ as a design concept for Cities.
The challenge is to use Water as Leverage. International partners in different disciplines are working on this project. Follow all the project news on this topic at dutchwatersector.com.
More information about this programme is available from the School of the Sustainable Built Environment via exchange.adgo@avans.nl or +31 88 – 525 82 11.
This programme is open to you if you have successfully completed at least 2 (preferably 3) years of a bachelor's degree programme relating to the built environment.
Examples of eligible disciplines include:
Minimum IELTS score of 6.
Learning agreement can be send to exchange.adgo@avans.nl.
This programme offers international students excellent career prospects. This is due to its in-depth focus on the Dutch approach to water management, an area in which the country has centuries of expertise.
The multidisciplinary approach this programme uses lets you collaborate with students from different built environment disciplines. This, in turn, offers you the chance to develop a broad perspective. The international dimension of the programme also gives you the opportunity to further develop your intercultural skills.
As a graduate you may find a job in professional fields such as:
You can participate in an exchange programme at Avans University of Applied Sciences if your home institution has concluded an agreement with Avans. Under this agreement you can be nominated to study with us.
Please read the details on the Applying page or contact your home institution's exchange coordinator for details. Alternatively, you can join us as a freemover.
The programme is open for Dutch students as well as international students within the Erasmus Exchange Program. The requirements for enrolment are:
As an exchange student, you will continue to pay tuition fees to your home institution. This means you do not have to pay tuition fees to Avans.
If your university is not a partner of Avans University of Applied Sciences, you can join us as a full-fee paying student. For more details, please contact the Avans International Office on +31 88 - 525 80 01 or at internationaloffice@avans.nl.